Novel Two-Dimensional Silica Monolayers with Tetrahedral and Octahedral Configurations

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 27, 2015, Pages 15654-15660

  Wang, Gaoxue ^a   Loh, G C ^a,b   Pandey, Ravindra ^a   Karna, Shashi P ^c  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

^c U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COORDINATION REACTIONS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ENERGY GAP; GRAPHENE; MONOLAYERS;

BUILDING BLOCKES; CATALYTIC APPLICATIONS; CORNER SHARING; EDGE SHARING; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; HIGH PRESSURE; SYNTHESIZED SILICA; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D);

SILICA;

EID: 84936858158     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b01646     Document Type: Article

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